Lack of clear, defined role at United has not helped Donny be good at all

Dutchman is hardly blameless but no one has been on the same page over midfielder

- TYRONE MARSHALL

IT IS TWO days before the end of the transfer window at the start of the 2021/22 season and Donny van de Beek’s representatives have been told they can find him a club to join on loan.

Van de Beek was disappointed with how that season had started. He missed the European Championship due to injury, but came up with a plan with United to get back to fitness and missed just a week of pre-season training. There was particular frustration then that the midfielder had worked tirelessly at the club all summer, but was overlooked for Paul Pogba, despite the Frenchman turning up four days late for pre-season training.

By the final few days of the transfer window, Van de Beek had been an unused substitute for all three Premier League games. It was at this point he was told by executives he could find a new club to go and play first-team football.